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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 14:27:46 GMT 7
A little morbid perhaps , but still interesting. www.farang-deaths.com/I was just watching the first guys bike accident. Strangely the video shows him basically thriwing himself into the path of the crossing bike , no idea why he didn't fall the other way? Anyhow it cost him his life. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 5:20:21 GMT 7
A little morbid perhaps , but still interesting. www.farang-deaths.com/I was just watching the first guys bike accident. Strangely the video shows him basically thriwing himself into the path of the crossing bike , no idea why he didn't fall the other way? Anyhow it cost him his life. I've seen the clip elsewhere - there's a credible report that the man was a long-term expat and experienced on the bike. His initial mistake in saying that was being too close to the centre line. Reports from the scene have it that his front tyre lost grip on a poor road surface. If you look closely, you can just about discern that. Easy to criticise, I detest these situations myself - any time I approach roadside markets I do veer to the centre. In saying that, I do slow down almost to a stop. I've also effectively abandoned triding my Forza in Chiang Mai by day, the traffic is getting out of order. Anyone here with knowledge of Chiang Mai will agree that's the case. And it's not going to get any better. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 7:44:34 GMT 7
A little morbid perhaps , but still interesting. www.farang-deaths.com/I was just watching the first guys bike accident. Strangely the video shows him basically thriwing himself into the path of the crossing bike , no idea why he didn't fall the other way? Anyhow it cost him his life. I've seen the clip elsewhere - there's a credible report that the man was a long-term expat and experienced on the bike. His initial mistake in saying that was being too close to the centre line. Reports from the scene have it that his front tyre lost grip on a poor road surface. If you look closely, you can just about discern that. Easy to criticise, I detest these situations myself - any time I approach roadside markets I do veer to the centre. In saying that, I do slow down almost to a stop. I've also effectively abandoned triding my Forza in Chiang Mai by day, the traffic is getting out of order. Anyone here with knowledge of Chiang Mai will agree that's the case. And it's not going to get any better. Riding a motorbike in Thailand is almost a death wish. It's that cheap to catch a cab or tuk tuk anyway , but then there's also the fact that as a farang you can be forced into an accident where you'll be in the wrong. It's just not worth it with all the risks involved. Edit to add , I'd drive a car there but not without front and rear cameras filming. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 7:57:52 GMT 7
I remember sitting at a corner restaurant once in Thailand and a farang not wearing a shirt comes flying around the corner and highsided the bike and came off. I have no doubt what so ever he's grabbed the front brakes in a turn. The grazing on his body was brutal the poor bastid.
Anyone with any motorcycle experience knows full well you never use the brakes in a turn unless its emergency braking but still be prepared to come off.
Amazes me the blatant stupidity of people riding in Thailand without gloves and a decent helmet let alone no proper riding jacket.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 16:28:21 GMT 7
I remember sitting at a corner restaurant once in Thailand and a farang not wearing a shirt comes flying around the corner and highsided the bike and came off. I have no doubt what so ever he's grabbed the front brakes in a turn. The grazing on his body was brutal the poor bastid. Anyone with any motorcycle experience knows full well you never use the brakes in a turn unless its emergency braking but still be prepared to come off. Amazes me the blatant stupidity of people riding in Thailand without gloves and a decent helmet let alone no proper riding jacket. I wear gloves and a helmet, I wear a jacket on longer journeys. I agree it's risky and there are times I wonder if it's worth it. Hence why I don't use my bike in the city much these days. When I take off on longer runs, for example, to Pai, I'm out of the city at 6.30 a.m. I have no compunction about dead-stopping if I see a hazard on the road, such as gravel, running water etc. It was gravel that knocked eek off her bike a few years ago, giving her a sore one. Front tyre tracking is also a continuous problem, as well as ridiculous road surfaces, especially in the hill areas. Doi Suthep is notorious in the wet, so many oil-spewing vehicles go up and down it creates a film of oil on the surface. When the rain comes? we all know oil and water don't mix. I was at Witches Cafe with Paul recently, that's the cafe on the way to Pai just before the most torturous turns start. As soon as we reentered the road, I made a point of insisting he followed my line, controlled his speed so he couldn't overshoot a corner, and avoided the centre of the lane like the plague. He looked at me as if I was daft. I exaggerate not - within sixty-seconds of taking off, an eighteen-wheeler overtook another truck, dominating our lane. Paul peeped his horn to get me to pull over - "Thank fork you told me, there's no way I'd have avoided that." Extreme caution has to be applied, and I regard the road surface as big an enemy as other road users - and that's based on sad personal experience. Could I be persuaded to quit riding my motorcycle? YES - but as long as I can get out into the country first thing in the morning, I'll keep going. Hopefully not famous last words. |
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